# 2016 Carolina RailHawks FC season

The 2016 Carolina RailHawks season was the club's tenth season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

## Roster

As of July 22, 2016
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | DF | Macklin Robinson | United States |
| 2 | DF | Paul Black | England |
| 3 | DF | Kupono Low (Captain) | Puerto Rico |
| 4 | DF | Drew Beckie | Canada |
| 5 | DF | Michael Daly | United States |
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | United States |
| 7 | MF | Marvin Ceballos | Guatemala |
| 8 | MF | Matt Watson | England |
| 9 | FW | Aly Hassan | United States |
| 10 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | United States |
| 11 | MF | Ty Shipalane | South Africa |
| 12 | DF | Kareem Moses | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 13 | DF | Connor Tobin | United States |
| 16 | FW | Matthew Fondy | United States |
| 17 | FW | Billy Schuler | United States |
| 20 | MF | Jonathan Orlando | United States |
| 21 | FW | Brian Shriver | United States |
| 23 | MF | Nick Taitague | United States |
| 24 | DF | Jeremy Kelly | United States |
| 27 | DF | Simon Mensing | England |
| 31 | DF | Steven Miller | United States |
| 42 | MF | James Marcelin | Haiti |
| 50 | GK | Akira Fitzgerald | United States |
| 92 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | United States |
| 99 | FW | Omar Bravo | Mexico |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Macklin Robinson |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Paul Black (from Atlanta Silverbacks) |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Drew Beckie (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 7 | MF | GUA | Marvin Ceballos (from Indy Eleven) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Watson (from Chicago Fire) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Aly Hassan (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Kareem Moses (from Edmonton) |
| 17 | FW | USA | Billy Schuler (from Whitecaps FC 2) |
| 20 | MF | USA | Jonathan Orlando (from Sporting Maryland) |
| 21 | FW | USA | Brian Shriver (from Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Nick Taitague (from FC Richmond) |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Simon Mensing (from Atlanta Silverbacks) |
| 31 | DF | USA | Steven Miller (from Tulsa Roughnecks) |
| 42 | MF | HAI | James Marcelin (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hunter Gilstrap (to Pittsburgh Riverhounds) |
| 4 | MF | USA | Neil Hlavaty (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Simone Bracalello |
| 15 | DF | USA | Austen King |
| 17 | MF | GUY | Chris Nurse (to Puerto Rico) |
| 18 | MF | USA | Jack Coleman |
| 22 | MF | CAN | Jamie Dell (to Cincinnati) |
| 24 | FW | USA | Bradlee Baladez |
| 36 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 39 | FW | USA | Mamadee Nyepon |
| 98 | DF | GAM | Mamadou Danso (to Rayo OKC) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | USA | Michael Daly (loan from Bethlehem Steel) |
| 16 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy (from Jacksonville Armada) |
| 99 | FW | MEX | Omar Bravo (from C.D. Guadalajara) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Álex Pérez |
| 9 | FW | USA | Aly Hassan (loan to Charlotte Independence) |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 August 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 13 August 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Paul Black | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | PUR | Kupono Low | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Drew Beckie | 18 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Michael Daly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Austin da Luz | 18 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GUA | Marvin Ceballos | 10 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Watson | 17 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Nazmi Albadawi | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Ty Shipalane | 18 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Kareem Moses | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Connor Tobin | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Billy Schuler | 9 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Jonathan Orlando | 11 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Brian Shriver | 20 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Nick Taitague | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Jeremy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Simon Mensing | 16 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | USA | Steven Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | HAI | James Marcelin | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | USA | Akira Fitzgerald | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | MEX | Omar Bravo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Aly Hassan | 10 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Carolina RailHawks during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ESP | Álex Pérez | 12 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Brian Shriver | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | | 16 | Matthew Fondy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Nazmi Albadawi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Austin da Luz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 99 | Omar Bravo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 11 | Ty Shipalane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 17 | Billy Schuler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | 5 | Álex Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 9 | Aly Hassan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 42 | James Marcelin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 8 | Matt Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 20 | Jonathan Orlando | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 13 | 5 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Paul Black | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Drew Beckie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Álex Pérez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Daly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Matt Watson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Aly Hassan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Connor Tobin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Matthew Fondy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Brian Shriver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Simon Mensing | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | James Marcelin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Omar Bravo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 13 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 |